[GH-ISSUE #561] Why can't free accounts use spotify-tui #230

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opened 2026-02-28 14:47:54 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments
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Originally created by @Titaniumtown on GitHub (Aug 18, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui/issues/561

Is there any way for free accounts to use spotify-tui? Futhermore, why does spotify-tui rely on a api-key, and not just reproducing how the official client interacts with the spotify servers.

Originally created by @Titaniumtown on GitHub (Aug 18, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui/issues/561 Is there any way for free accounts to use spotify-tui? Futhermore, why does spotify-tui rely on a api-key, and not just reproducing how the official client interacts with the spotify servers.
kerem closed this issue 2026-02-28 14:47:55 +03:00
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@Rigellute commented on GitHub (Aug 19, 2020):

spotify-tui uses the Spotify Web API. To do anything useful (like controlling playback) requires authentication - with the additional constraint that the user has a premium account. This is part of the terms of service of Spotify.

And because spotify-tui is a client application (i.e. does not run on a server), the best user experience requires us to create an individual client id.

spotifyd more closely mimics the official client, but doesn't have a tui like spotify-tui

<!-- gh-comment-id:675927486 --> @Rigellute commented on GitHub (Aug 19, 2020): spotify-tui uses the [Spotify Web API](https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/). To do anything useful (like controlling playback) requires authentication - with the additional constraint that the user has a premium account. This is part of the terms of service of Spotify. And because spotify-tui is a client application (i.e. does not run on a server), the best user experience requires us to create an individual client id. [spotifyd](https://github.com/Spotifyd/spotifyd) more closely mimics the official client, but doesn't have a tui like spotify-tui
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@berkemir commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2022):

I logged in with my other account which has not premium. How can I log in with another account? I deleted the config file which is in .config/spotify-tui. I also reinstalled the spotify-tui but both of them didn't worked.

<!-- gh-comment-id:1319222822 --> @berkemir commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2022): I logged in with my other account which has not premium. How can I log in with another account? I deleted the config file which is in .config/spotify-tui. I also reinstalled the spotify-tui but both of them didn't worked.
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